England won the tournament in 2010 when it was held in the West Indies, beating Australia in the final but they are only seventh favourite with bookmakers to win this year's instalment in Sri Lanka despite being the top-ranked side in the world.

Stuart Broad's England side looked to be in a vulnerable position at the halfway point of the match after only scoring 111 in their innings, but Briggs said the champions were comfortable with the total and backed their bowling ability to see them home.

"Some of the lads struggled towards the end – it was hard to manoeuvre the ball around," Briggs said of England's innings after they had chosen to bat first.

"But we knew we were always in the game, with any score on the board, and the way we bowled in the second half showed that."